Summary

Walkthrough

You must complete the other quests:

The Old Monument
A Minstrel In Despair

Path of the Bard:
Talk to Bki Tbujhja again. She mentions another set of Song Runes n Valkurn Dunes. Head out to Valkurn. At (C-6) starts the secret tunnel run. Drop out onto the hidden beach and head south east to the bottom right of (B-7). Click on the Song Rune for another cut scene. This time Mertaire shows up, as does Lewenhart. After the cut scene you receive 3000 gil and the ability to change into a bard.

Quest Series

This is part of the job flag quest series. Other quests of the series include:

Starting with "A minstrel in despair" quest first (as it tells you in posts further down to head to Valk Dunes and so does the girl in the tavern LOL) then heading to the secret beach (C-6) in the dunes..Both quests link so i dunno why they've made them 'separate' quests..hmm anyway..at lvl 42DRG no agro at all everything was too weak to be worthwhile lol so im sure this could be completed at a lower lvl...YAY!!

This is a 2 part quest...so to speak. You have to do "A Minstrel in Despair First". It's really part 1 of this quest...they seem linked.

Other than the time involved, this was probably the easiest quest for a job. Very easy to solo with no mobs to worry about...if you keep an eye out for gobs. Bst was really easy too though. LOL I was just a 30war/mnk and solo'd both. The gobs were either "Too weak" or "Easy prey". Not that it mattered with my "Neckchopper" great axe and skill 70+. Sturmwind sort of blows mobs away.

Ok, just wanted to put in my 2gil worth. Say Hi if u see me on Alexander.

Really annoyed me when I followed this walkthrough and got to the dunes and the song runes werent doing anything.. so it was even more so a waste of time.. when your going back to the merry minstrel with the poetic parchment, you have to trade it to mertaire.. then I would talk to that mithra in the minstrel too before I headed out to dunes.. then everything will go smoothly.

Ok, I have the Old Monument quest completed. It is showing up under my completed quest. I still have the poetic parchment from Buburimu in my inventory though. (I may have done this one earlier, forgot, and started over?) Anyway, I've went to talk to everyone in the Minstrel Shop, and no CS. I can't trade her the parchment either. So I tried going to Valkrum. I get to the Song Ruins and nada... No CS nothing. At that point I went back to Jeuno, and still nothing. Bard is not available in my jobs, and I've asked everyone. Please help!

FYI: I went as 55RDM/33BLM(so it isn't my lvl that is causing any problem)

Path of the Bard: Talk to Bki Tbujhja again. She mentions another set of Song Runes n Valkurn Dunes. Head out to Valkurn. At (C-6) starts the secret tunnel run. Drop out onto the hidden beach and head south east to the bottom right of (B-7). Click on the Song Rune for another cut scene. This time Mertaire shows up, as does Lewenhart. After the cut scene you receive 3000 gil and the ability to change into a bard.

Path of the Bard: Talk to Bki Tbujhja again. She mentions another set of Song Runes n Valkurn Dunes. Head out to Valkurn. At (C-6) starts the secret tunnel run. Drop out onto the hidden beach and head south east to the bottom right of (B-7). Click on the Song Rune for another cut scene. This time Mertaire shows up, as does Lewenhart. After the cut scene you receive 3000 gil and the ability to change into a bard.

I just started the Bard quest and I am confused.I did the thing with the song runes near bibiki...Well I am looking for the one in valkurm but for some odd reason I found a cave and got pwned by a gob it was knocking me for 100 a hit what am I doing wrong and if you want to help im on hte Diablos server...Im always on around 3-10

The western most part of Valkurm Dunes, there is a twisty road that seems to lead to nowhere, it doesn't. It's not on the map but the road leads into a tunnel and the tunnel to a secret beach, again not on the map. the <pos> of the tunnel is C-6 <pos> of secret beach is C-7 and the song runes are at B-7. Again all this is not on the map. Also gobs everywhere, better get a chocobo or sneak/invisible. Note: you cannot access the runes with invis on so be careful.

This is the easiest advanced job quest i think i've seen. It may be time consuming but for a level 30 there is nothing dangerous in ANY of those areas minus some of the bosses. and this quest is even easier when using a choco, of course who wouldn't.

Well there are some things that arn't said.You cant do this before 17:00 because the people in the tavern arn't there, as for not being able to get cutscene, target Ruins in burinbu, <the ones near the entrance to bibiki bay> , Press X or enter, and you get cutscene with a NPC named leon heart or something,Then trade the parchment to monument to get Song lyrics, warp back and give em to the crybaby bard or whatever and head to secret beach in valkurum and talk to ruins <no parchment needed> grab that cut scene and ta da bard flag 5100 total gil and a nice walk or warp back to start training brd!

When you first get to Buburimu head over to G-9 and go down to the beach by down hill land. And walk all the way out to the beach. Then take a right, if done correctly, you will end up at a cave around G-10. Entering there, i encontered 2 bogys, which was easily disposed of (only at night). And first click on the monument and u get a cutscene. And you must head back to Jeuno after you get this one, so get a warp scroll. The rest of the information is accurate.

Ok. I have my 30 blm talk to Mertaire and I get the correct response. I talk to Bki Tbujhja and get the next correct response.

I bought my Parchment a head of time, so I wouldn't have to make 2 trips.

I go to Buburimu Peninsula, at the Song Runes on the West side of the beach. I select the Song Runes and all I get is the "Old Monument" response, no cut scene. I tried trading my Parchment to the Song Runes, nothing happens. Probably b/c I have not had the cut scene yet.

Ok. I have my 30 blm talk to Mertaire and I get the correct response. I talk to Bki Tbujhja and get the next correct response.

I bought my Parchment a head of time, so I wouldn't have to make 2 trips.

I go to Buburimu Peninsula, at the Song Runes on the West side of the beach. I select the Song Runes and all I get is the "Old Monument" response, no cut scene. I tried trading my Parchment to the Song Runes, nothing happens. Probably b/c I have not had the cut scene yet.

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ok I just tried to do this quest as lvl 34 BLM. I talked to both people in Jeuno, bought the parchment (actually I choco'd to Buburimu without it and had to warp back to get it...ugh) went to the runes in Buburimu (twice), clicked on the runes, got the message "An old momument...blah blah blah" and that's it, no cutscene at all. Tried trading the parchment, nothing happens. What now? The quest doesn't show up in my current list, but someone above said that it's not supposed to until the quest is finished. I talked to both people in the Merry Minstrel and they both said exactly what they were supposed to. Now what? I logged with my character at the runes because I really, really do not want to go back to Jeuno and try this over again...is there something I'm doing wrong?

There is one thing that annoys me about this guide, it says buy a parchment after checking the song ruins. This is untrue, BUY A PARCHMENT BEFORE GOING TO BUBURIMU PENINSULA. My advice is, since you have to start the quest in jeuno, pick up a parchment there for about 1k and then talk to the guys in the bar and then get a teleport mea from there. I was lucky enough to have bought a parchment before hand. When i got to the runes a bard wannabee was cursing his head off because he realised he had to go back to jeuno then back to the runes.

That quest drove me crazy. Being a moron, I couldn't find the hidden path in Buburimu, so I wound up running around in a circle through the place for about a half hour until a japanese player helped me out.

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I didnt know i was supose to talk to the guy so i went and got a tele dem went to the dunes tired to trade nothing happened, i taught that was wierd so i came on here and relized i had to trade >.< so i am walking back now. lol read this page above it helps!

I had this problem, until I asked a friend. She said that the quest will not show up in your Quest list until you complete it. Just talk to the Hume, then the Mithra, and the quest has started for you.

idk why but i cant get the quest from this guy, he keeps saying "Ugh... Malliebell... This time shes left me forever" i dont already have the quest, quest log only has the RSE listed for current... also i should have plenty of fame for this quest

Ok, i'm abit confused i went to do this quest talk to mertaire and Bki, yadd yadda, went to burburmiu traded the parchment to the runes, first i DID NOT get a cut scene (is there something wrong wit this) 2nd i went back to jueno and Bki was like oh, that's the yadda yadda song or something, and she told me to go to valkrum i head there and click the runes, nothing important, then traded the parchment to the runes and still no cutscene, is there something i'm missing?

would be nice to tell people to buy or make the parchment before leaving i looked around mhaura for ages could not find it so i had to trek back to jeuno find out it was 3k log onto mule to get it for 1k in another city and then trek back to the stone >_<

One of your jobs has to be at least 30 to even get the quest, but you can complete it after you got the quest with any job even if it is level 1 (though kinda hard to get there at 1). Like any advanced quest you have to hit level 30 and get the quest with the level 30. After that doesnt matter.

Lets first assume that you have some job over 30 to start the quest first or whatever. My goal here would be to avoid using warp scrolls and not kill my lvl 30+ job to warp back to save time.

Can I use a lvl 15 rdm to ride chocobo and do parchment trade in then die to warp back? It is very easy to recover xp lost on a lvl 15 rdm so it is perfered to running or purchasing a chocobo to run back.

I just completed this quest using a 26RDM having run from selbina to the cave.

I would say that I snuck past three decent challenge gobs (yes I could have .... but I was feeling lazy) - and then past some sand bats (which also aggro). The secret beach is quite good - I might drag a PT there next time I level in the Dunes.

Your average suicide run character won't get to the monument - unless you're springing for prism powder etc.

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The Adv job quests are one of the few quests (subjob, chocobo, and job artifacts are others) that are based directly off your level and not your fame. So you wont be able to initiate the quest with anything ohter than a lvl 30+ job.

easiest way is to goto your home town..and purchase a scroll of warp for 750 conquest points...goto Jeuno...bind in jeuno..take Chocobo out to Buru..do that stuff..use warp scroll..talk to the guy again..then go out to Valkurm on Chocobo and finish...

For one, at lvl 15 it is impossible to get runes unless u have a job at lvl 20 and have the lescense. Ive tried to get the buburimu runes and it didnt work, Besides u must get the bubu runes go back to jeuno then go to valk BUT, then u dont have to go back, once in Valk and u are at the runes there is a cut scene leading to u being able to be a bard ;) no need to go back to Jeuno